Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please understand that I’m NOT a professional at this. We’re figuring it out as we go and it’s our first full yr of homeschool after ending most of final yr homeschooling. Extra about why we decided to homeschool in this post. In case you want skilled recommendation, take a look at my buddy Brittany’s blog!

Hello pals! How are you? I hope that you simply’re having an incredible day to date. We’re formally in back-to-school mode over right here. Liv began final week (eighth grade! I can’t even imagine it) and we’re resuming homeschool immediately.

For immediately’s publish, I wished to share a bit extra about our plan for this yr and the curriculum we’re doing in case you’re interested in homeschooling.

I believe it’s price mentioning right here that homeschool shouldn’t be as daunting as I assumed it might be, particularly once we have been first contemplating it. All of us need the best possible for our children, and I used to be actually apprehensive about failing her. Now that we’re within the homeschool world, I can inform you that she’s thriving. She’s studying a lot, and we’re capable of customise her plan based mostly on her curiosity and ranges. We’re additionally capable of progress extra shortly, which retains her .

Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Right here’s what we’re planning on doing this yr, however it could at all times be modified or adjusted as wanted.

Math (half-hour)

We’re persevering with with Saxon Math and Nicole the Math Lady as a result of P loves her and she or he does an unimaginable job educating the Saxon classes. Her software program additionally takes care of grading, so P will simply enter her solutions into the platform and obtain a grade for every task. It’s participating and concise — we like it.

Studying (half-hour)

I wish to hold studying pleasant, so she picked a guide that we’ll learn collectively and talk about as we transfer alongside. We’re beginning with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Writing + grammar (half-hour)

For grammar, we’re nonetheless utilizing Masterbooks, which is a faith-based curriculum. It contains image examine, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, commentary, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility via artistic writing.

For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing lessons from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Type technique. Proper now, she’s engaged on studying fables, making key outlines, and narration (with the ability to retell the story utilizing her notes).

I ordered the 4th grade books final semester and when she finishes these, we’ll head into the fifth grade books.

We’re additionally engaged on one analysis paper every quarter, based mostly on an curiosity. Her first one goes to be about bullfighting after our journey to the Bullfighting Museum in Sevilla.

Social research (half-hour)

I’ve ordered a few historical past books to work via, and in addition a lap book on how to draw the United States. She’s excited to start out with that first and label every state, capital, the rivers, and so forth.

Science (Fridays solely)

I’m nonetheless engaged on science plans. Final yr, the homeschool factor occurred fairly abruptly, so we simply did one science mission every week on Fridays. I’ll most likely hold Friday as science day however was fascinated about ordering some month-to-month kits. In case you have any science package subscription recs, please ship them my means!

Final yr, we did issues like dissecting owl pellets, making an egg drop, and developing a curler coaster.

Artwork/enjoyable/PE/additional (A few instances in the course of the week)

Now we have a few additional enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm faculty, which is sooner or later every week. It’s just for two hours and she or he’ll be capable of journey horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has one among day of homeschool parkour courses. Between these two issues and her membership basketball practices, she nonetheless will get the chance to be round different youngsters and play on a weekly foundation, and I’m grateful for that.

Homework:

We began utilizing Khan Academy after a few good pals beneficial it and have been fairly impressed to date. Once you homeschool, there’s actually no want for homework, however I wished P to remain within the groove of getting a *little* homework as a result of the plan is for her to return to in-person faculty finally. (I additionally really feel prefer it is smart since Liv has homework each day.)

For homework, she’s doing 20 minutes of Khan Academy Math after which 15-20 minutes of studying, grammar, or coding.

Some homeschool FAQs

How did you discover a homeschool curriculum?

Brittany was so form to spend a very long time with me on the cellphone. She requested about P’s pursuits and shared concepts. She made homeschooling really feel WAY much less intimidating and I’m so grateful for her recommendation. She’s additionally homeschooled their youngsters their whole lives, which makes me hopeful in case P doesn’t return to in-person faculty subsequent week.

How lengthy does it take to homeschool?

Probably the most lovely factor about homeschool is that it’s 1:1 centered consideration, so that you don’t want almost as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person faculty is spent wrangling youngsters and making an attempt to get them to hear and concentrate.

We’re capable of end the whole lot we have to do for the day in about two hours, which leaves the remainder of the day open. She will use this time to persue issues she’s fascinating in (like artwork, crocheting, or practising the piano), or we will get pleasure from a little bit area journey or outing.

How will you make money working from home and homeschool?

That is the half that I’m nonetheless making an attempt to navigate. I batch most of my content material in the course of the weekend in order that I can concentrate on the children and home stuff as a lot as doable in the course of the week. I additionally began scheduling consumer calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is dwelling, as a result of when he’s not on a visit, he’s trainer Dad and might take over the homeschool duties.

I simply really feel like I’m transferring at 1000mph as a result of solo parenting takes full focus/consideration/power/effort, after which when he’s dwelling, I crush myself workwise making an attempt to atone for the whole lot. Simply have to get the dangle of this schedule and discover my groove.

Okay pals: what are your kiddos as much as this yr? Homeschool mamas: any recommendation as we head into our first full yr??

Hope you have got an incredible day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina